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Unit 3: The Byzantine Empire

Unit 3: The Byzantine Empire. The new empire in the East. Geography. Constantinople Location The Bosporus strait Trade Defense Walls Moat Peninsula. Geography and natural defenses. The West Language Latin Legal system Religion Education Economy Lifestyle Art/Architecture.

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Unit 3: The Byzantine Empire

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  1. Unit 3: The Byzantine Empire • The new empire in the East

  2. Geography • Constantinople • Location • The Bosporus strait • Trade • Defense • Walls • Moat • Peninsula

  3. Geography and natural defenses

  4. The West Language Latin Legal system Religion Education Economy Lifestyle Art/Architecture The East Language Greek Legal system Religion Education Economy Lifestyle Art/Architecture Latin West vs. the Byzantine East

  5. Economy and Politics • Byzantine Prosperity • Trade (silk) • Art (mosaics) • Weapons (Greek Fire) • The Relationship between church and state • East (Bishop chosen by Emperor) • West (Pope chooses HRE)

  6. The Split between East and West • Christianity • Language • Ceremonies / Holy days • Filioque statement • Iconoclasm • Married clergy • “One God, one Emperor, one religion • The Schism of 1054 • Eastern Orthodox Church

  7. Justinian and Theodora (527-565) • Justinian's Code • Theodora (wife) • The Hagia Sophia • Conquest of the West • The Stirrup

  8. Justinian in the West

  9. The Hagia Sophia

  10. The Byzantine Empire Besieged • By 631 had lost back all of the land in the West • Why? • The Emergence of Islam • 717 Muslim Navy repelled by Greek Fire • Slavs in the Balkans in the 11th Century

  11. Byzantine Empire by 1050

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